3 Nephi 13:26
1830 Edition
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Influences
Matthew 6:26 (KJV)
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Changes
Behold the fowls of the air:, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Simple English
Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t plant seeds. They don’t gather crops. They don’t store food in barns. But your Father in heaven feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are?
Paraphrase
Look at the birds. They don’t plant seeds or harvest crops or store food in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth far more than they are?